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Historic president's name on a manuscript (5)

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I believe the answer is:

adams

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'historic president's' is the definition.
'adams' can be an answer for 'president's' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'historic' bit.

'name on a manuscript' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'ada' ().
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a manuscript' becomes 'ms' (abbreviation for manuscript).
'ada'+'ms'='ADAMS'

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(Other definitions for adams that I've seen before include "Former US president" , "Douglas - (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)" , "revolutionary leader" , "Sort of apple" , "Name of two early US presidents" .)

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